Restaurant review: En Grill & Bar, Lan Kwai Fong - Okinawa specialities

Sushi, dumplings, seared beef and deep-fried chicken all went down well at this dark and comfortable grill restaurant, although all the dishes arrived at our table at nearly the same time

Hong Kong restaurant reviews

Susan Jung

Published: 12:15pm, 24 Dec 2015

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Cuisine: Japanese

Price: about HK$370 without drinks or the service charge.

Ambience: this is a proper izakaya - dark and comfortable, with a long drinks list, including awamori - a very potent alcoholic beverage that’s a speciality of Okinawa.

The interior of En Grill & Bar, Lan Kwai Fong.

Pros: the food and awamori (which we had on the rocks) went very well together.

Cons: almost all the dishes came at once, which meant the hot food cooled down.

Recommended dishes: sanma sashimi (HK$180) was oily, rich and delicious, and served with spring onions, grated ginger and fresh wasabi. Okinawa agu pork dumplings (HK$78) were juicy, light and piping hot. Motobu wagyu beef tataki (HK$258) - thin slices of lightly seared meat - wasn’t too cold, and the beef was tender. The waitress recommended the deep-fried Okinawa chicken with Okinawa tofu tartare sauce (HK$90). The chicken was succulent, with a thin coating, and the sauce was creamy but light. We also liked the crisp deep-fried Okinawa tofu (HK$58).

What else? This place used to be known as Rakuen, and is part of En Dining restaurant group.

En Grill & Bar, 4/F Ho Lee Commercial Building, 38-44 D’Aguilar Street, Lan Kwai Fong. Tel: 3102 2255. Open: Monday to Saturday 6pm-2am

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